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* In ''[[Magical Girl Noir Quest]]'' Midori tries to pat Manuke's head. First attempt had Manuke recoil in fear. Second time Manuke permitted it to happen and enjoyed it. Also there was mention of Murderface patting Misaka's head and even {{spoiler|Chiaki patting ''Kyuubey's'' head}}.
 
== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
* In Disney's ''[[Tangled]]''. Mother Gothel pats Rapunzel "sweetly" on the head as a gesture of "affection" but also to remind her that she's dumb, helpless, naive, ditzy, etc. It is a sign that Rapunzel has grown up that she blocks the gesture and grabs Gothel's wrist once Rapunzel realizes who she is.
* In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', a kid in a commercial asks [[Tom Hanks]] to tousle his hair. Magic sparkles appear as he does.
* At the end of ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', Milo is saying goodbye to all his friends. When he comes to [[The Pig Pen|Mole]], who offers a big hug, he hesitates before patting his head instead.
 
== [[Film]] -- Live Action ==
* In ''[[Gran Torino]]'', [[Clint Eastwood]] pats the head of a child in a Hmong household as a gesture of kindness; the family of the child is shocked by this due to their cultural differences.
* Plot-relevant in ''[[Definitely Maybe (film)|Definitely Maybe]]'', as recognizing the gesture is how Maya works out which of the women in the story is her mother.
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* The [[X Wing Series]] has Han Solo once vigorously muss up Wedge Antilles' hair as demonstration of the fact that he can get away with a lot as a General. For the record, they're friends.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* In series one, episode one of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', Bingo Little does this to Oliver Glossup (the boy he's tutoring) during dinner, dismissing something the boy just said.
* ''[[Community]]'', as is expected of such a troperiffic show, discussed this. Jeff and Annie's relationship is characterized by him being an older brother to her, except that the increasing sexual tension is making that awkward and they can't keep it up, meaning their relationship has to evolve. The discussion ends with "We can't keep doing this kiddo," with a gentle chuck of the chin. "Can't we?" [long pause], "No, it's gross."
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{{quote|'''Dogbert:''' So you took the pat on the head?
'''Dilbert:''' I didn't want to leave empty handed. }}
 
== [[Truth in Television]] ==
* Quite commonplace in professional team sports, and considered a bit less [[Ho Yay]] than a pat on the backside.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': in an [[Show Within a Show|educational film]], Troy McClure does this to little Tommy at the end.
{{quote|'''Tommy:''' You're...hurting...me.}}
* ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'': "Professor Tom" has Tom teaching mousing to a kitten. When the kitten does a good job, he gets a pat on the head.
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* A standard gesture of affection among [[Gargoyles]], the equivalent of kissing.
* ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'': Hal does a "tousle the hair" to Amaya—an alien without hair—when showing her a kindness over a family loss.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':
** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E05 Griffon the Brush Off|Griffon the Brush Off]]'', Pinkie Pie gives one to Fluttershy right before Gilda's party.
{{quote|'''Pinkie Pie:''' Don't worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda. Your auntie Pinkie Pie's got it all taken care of!
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Quite commonplace in professional team sports, and considered a bit less [[Ho Yay]] than a pat on the backside.
* The word "cafuné" is Brazilian Portuguese for lovingly patting, stroking and/or playing with another person's hair.